How to set Ionic favicon now?

The icon is getting overwritten during ionic serve. Can someone help getting the favicon working?

I just upgraded to app-scripts 0.0.42.

Thanks

Edit - I was putting it into www/assets instead of src/assets

Yep, still a problem.

I’m having this issue in RC4. My icon is in src/assets/icon (and www/assets/icon) and is referenced as “assets/icon/favicon.ico” in index.html. It keeps serving with the default Ionic icon in Chrome.

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Hi
Same problem for me using 2.0.0RC4. My icon is in src/assets/icon instead of the default favicon.ico file.
I noticed that the source code of my page does not contain the following line (which is in index.html).
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico" />
But it rather contains:
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="data:image/png;base64,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I find it puzzling that the icon link would be replaced during compilation (while the content of index.html that I commented out is still there).

So I tried setting the app icon in src/manifest.json in hope that it would pick it as favicon in the browser as well, without success.

"icons": [{
    "src": "assets/icon/favicon.ico",
    "sizes": "512x512",
    "type": "image/x-icon"
  }],

This also affects the result of ionic build browser, not only ionic serve.

I will try ugrading to 2.0.0rc5 and report back.

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Adding a ? at the end of the path seemed to work for me:

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico?">

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Adding a ? at the end of the path seemed to work for me:
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico?">

That has worked for me too! Thanks! Just have to check if your adding it to the src/index.html, not www/index.html.

Does anyone manages to make the previous answer work since the release ?
My src/index.html contains

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico?">

But on the index.html used by the serve, it’s always replaced with

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA[...]">

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If any of you found the answer, please tell me how.
Thanks.

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I have the same problem with ionic 3.2.1.

I have changed the src/assets/icon/favicon.ico and have the following in src/index.html:

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico?">

which when I click on the link shows my icon, yet when I launch the app in a browser with ionic serve, it still displays the default ionic icon.

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Kind of got it working. This works for the www running on a server, but not when you launch it via ionic serve.

change:

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/icon/favicon.ico">

to:

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="./assets/icon/favicon.ico">

in index.html

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Oh, thanks, I see my favicon too. Do you have any idea on how to build Ionic for the browser though? I have a blank page :cry:

To test your app in a browser run:

ionic serve

If you want to run your app on a web server (e.g. tomcat) and access via a browser, you need to copy your www to the servers web-root. Then access the index.html.

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Oh, didn’t get that I had to copy files from www when ionic serve was running. thank you.

No, not when it’s running. ionic serve is used for testing your app. You can copy www any time.

Ok then. Mine was empty because I cleaned it previously !

@Napeti another way to build it to run on a production server is to use “ionic build browser”.
This generates the production version of you application inside platforms/browser/www

see this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38659584/difference-between-ionic-serve-and-ionic-build-browser

Hope it helps

I still can’t get this to work with ionic serve

Seems like we have had problems with path being resolved correctly. (server vs apk).
Absolute path vs relative?

My HTML page
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw.....">

See: Change default Icon in Chrome

ionic serve seems to be serving the ionic icon only.

ionic build
http-server www

this way you can test the icon.

Please add below line in your index.html

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="assets/icon/favicon.png" />

it’s work for me